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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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